Vernon Corea
The legendary broadcaster - a pioneer with Radio Ceylon/Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC. (1927-2002) · Sri Lanka · On the map · Journalists · Died at 75
Vernon Corea was a pioneer radio broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
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Vernon Corea attended the Royal College, Colombo. He represented his school in tennis, participated in drama productions and was a member of the Royal debating team.
Pioneering broadcaster, Vernon Corea(left) at Radio Ceylon, Colombo in 1958.
Vernon Corea, the BBC's Ethnic Minorities Adviser and broadcaster, at his home in Wimbledon Village, London in 1985.
Vernon Corea created broadcasting history in the United Kingdom when he was appointed the first ever Ethnic Minorities Adviser to the BBC. He was the first Asian to be appointed to senior management at the BBC.About this person
During his time he presented some of the most popular radio shows in South Asia, including The Maliban Show, Dial-a-Disc, Holiday Choice, Two For the Money, Take It Or Leave It, Saturday Stars, To Each His Own, Kiddies Corner, and Old Folks at Home. He was well known not only in Sri Lanka, but right across the Indian Sub-Continent from the late 1950s to the 1970s - this was in the heyday of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia.
